Chris Wedel is a fan of all things tech and gadgets. Living in rural Kansas with his wife and two young boys makes finding ways to get and stay online tricky. By utilizing his years of experience with the tech and mobile communications industries — success is assured. When not conquering connectivity challenges and testing new gadgets, he enjoys cruising a gravel road in his UTV with some good tunes.
Apple's new AirTag is sleek and comes with some helpful features built-in, so of course, you might be interested in picking one up. But will it work with your Android phone? Well, yes and no. Let me explain.
We may give a lot of data to Google, and much of the time it's to our benefit as consumers — but not always. Google has tools put in place to help its users to understand and manage that data — one such tool is the Privacy Checkup. When was your last checkup?
For better or worse, I love smart home stuff — but increasingly I loathe adding a new device or adjusting the settings of an existing one. Because I enjoy this tech so much, I'm more likely to put up with the shortcomings that Google and Amazon have in the smart home space, but many people aren't. If these companies truly want to make the smart home widespread, there's a lot more work to do.
If you've ever had to trust your home internet to a satellite provider you know how frustrating that can be, but would you be willing to let a new company try its hand at it? What if that service is only in the beta testing phase? Well, that's what SpaceX's Starlink home internet is trying to do, and you know what? It's not terrible.
You don't have to stay in the dark — it's actually probably better that you don't. A bright smart LED bulb is a great way to battle the darkness with lumens. These are the best bulbs that offer both smart controls as well as the highest luminosity ratings.
Wyze is at it again by offering a piece of relatively common smart home tech at a low price. The question is whether the Wyze Bulb Color can bring the same high value and low cost that the company does with its other products into a smart bulb — spoiler alert, it does.
Rings Video Doorbell 3 and Ring Video Doorbell 3 Plus ushered in new features over the predecessors, and while these two video doorbells have very similar feature sets — they aren't exactly the same.
Ready to start paying for your coffee with just your watch? Here are all the Wear OS devices that support Google Pay!
It seems like each year Ring introduces a new video doorbell, and this year we got the Ring Video Doorbell 4. It picked up some new features and other improvements, but does that mean it's worth the upgrade over its predecessors?
Google Fit is becoming a more full-featured health platform and there are lots of devices that can sync your fitness data to it than just Wear OS devices. Here's how to get your workouts synced to your Google account.
You may prefer things to be smooth when you're sailing, but not so much when it comes to yours or someone else's face when your taking photos with your Samsung Galaxy phone. Not to worry, we can help you disable the feature so that you can get the natural photos your prefer in no time.
When it comes to buying a smartwatch, one of the first things that most people consider is how it looks. While that is important, as is the quality of the materials, you won't want to wear something if it fails to meet your expectations. That smartwatch may look and feel great to wear, but if the experience of using it is frustrating — you probably won't keep wearing it.
Unless you never keep anything out of arms reach, there's a good chance you may lose things from time to time — we all do. In an effort to help us keep track of our stuff, Apple and Samsung both announced smart trackers. With some noticeable similarities and technical differences, we'll help you decide which is best for you.
The sun can help with so many things, from the basics of lighting the day and helping plants grow, to putting people in a good mood while warming us up. Another great use of the sun is to give power to our gadgets. Come on in and find out how.
Internet service providers are all different, yet all the same. Generally, the performance matches what you pay for and it is reliable. While all services have outages from time to time, but when your internet is dependent on cellular coverage a lot of question marks start forming. T-Mobile Home Internet is lives and dies by the network coverage, which makes its performance hit and miss.
Telegram is great for many things, one of those is all of the fun ways to express yourself in messages. You can send pictures, stickers, videos, and more, all within a single chat. However, all of these expressive messages can start to take a toll on your phone's storage. So let us help you free up some of that storage used up by the Telegram app.
Sometimes you want your phone's screen to rotate and sometimes you don't. Knowing how to enable or disable screen rotation on your Android phone can help save you from frustrations. Not to worry, we've got you.
Amazfit has taken the already tough T-Rex smartwatch and made it even more so with the T-Rex Pro. Increased durability, more water resistance, the ability to track even more workouts, and a host of other improvements aim to make this the got to adventure watch. It might actually succeed if it weren't for a could of nicks in its armor.
Don't you hate it when you are in the middle of a great read on your phone and all of the sudden the screen shuts off? Well, one way to fix that is to extend the screen timeout. Here's how to keep the lights on longer.
A removable battery in portable speakers is not a common thing to find. However, Sonos did make that a feature for its first portable speaker. Does that mean the Roam has a removable battery too?